Trans·for·ma·tion (trnsfr-mshn, -fôr-) n.1. The act or an instance of transforming.2. The state of being transformed.

A two-step process is required to find these transformers. First, solve the initial clue word and then second, add letters to the end of the first solution to transform it into the second word based on its clue.

Transform...= 1. a weapon into an elongated fish= 2. an explosion into a council meeting= 3. a cutpurse into an ambassador= 4. a winter sports equipment into a miser= 5. raging into an inn= 6. a grain into a covenant= 7. intimidate into a fellow at the office= 8. a mist into a fuddy-duddy= 9. a mischievous child into raring to go= 10. a bushy hairy annual herb into a spacecraft series type